Smartwatch
topic on 4 shows · 10 statements across 8 episodes
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10 statements about Smartwatch, every show
The Information: Meta Resumes Plans to Develop a Smartwatch
“Information reported today that Meta's smartwatch plans are back on, so we can do a wonderful poll about who is going to buy a Meta smartwatch, considering I still don't have any smartwatches.”
Britt Morin: Meta will not design an attractive smartwatch for women
“With their Meta glasses. Are they really going to design a cute wash for women? No. Like, so maybe in the future, once they actually design something relevant for me.”
Gilbert: Mechanical Watches Are a Distinct Industry From Timekeeping Devices
“Mechanical watches are an industry today that serves an entirely different job to be done than they ever served in the past. And this is a new industry that has nothing to do with telling the time, and is just goofy to compare to other quote-unquote parts of t…”
Khatri: India's smartwatch market grew from 2.5M to 13M units
“India as a market is the fastest growing market in the world in the smartwatch space. I think last to last year, the market was close to 2.5 million units. And this year, the 20, 22, the market closed at close to 12 to 13, 13 odd million units.”
Mike Snyder: Smartwatch and pulse oximeter baseline data detected my Lyme disease early
“I'll tell you a personal example, which is that I actually caught my Lyme disease early, and one reason I could do that is because I knew what my baseline measurements were. I had all the data. I knew from my smartwatch, from a simple pulse ox, because my bloo…”
Sinofsky: The Apple Watch is not a smartwatch
“Well, the first thing that occurs to me is that it's not a smartwatch.”
Evans: Glancing at a smartwatch is better etiquette than pulling out a phone
“How, but on the other hand, it's better than taking your phone out.”
Evans: Smartwatches will require paired smartphones due to battery and space limits
“You need both, and you will continue to need both for the time being because of things like battery life and Space. You can't put a cellular radio and a battery that can power it into something that will fit on your wrist, at least not yet.”
Evans: Smartwatches cannot fit 3G chips and maintain all-day battery
“You cannot stick a three G chip in a device that small with a color screen and have it last all day.”
Evans: Smartwatch email notifications and tiny-screen reading offer zero value
“A device that tells you have new email has zero value, actually. A device that tells you who you've got new email from actually kind of has zero value. A device that lets you read that email two or two lines at a time or three lines at a time has zero value.”